Morphology of trophic eggs and ovarian dynamics in the subsocial bug Adomerus triguttulus (Heteroptera: Cydnidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 723-728

  Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakahira, Taichi ^b   Saito, Yutaka ^b  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HATCHING; OVARIAN DYNAMICS; TROPHIC EGGS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BURROWING; EGG PRODUCTION; INSECT; MATERNAL CARE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ADOMERUS TRIGUTTULUS; ARTHROPODA; CYDNIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 33747052244     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-050     Document Type: Article

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